Letter: Congress should act on surprise medical billing
There is recent activity in Congress on surprise medical billing.When I was presented with a patient specimen, I didn’t wait in the laboratory to check the patient’s insurance. I performed the right tests to make a correct diagnosis. The billing for this service comes later.As pathologists, my colleagues and I support holding patients financially harmless from unexpected out-of-network medical bills. Physicians want to be in-network and accept the insurance plans covering their patie
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